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Ideas: New York Now Has an Official Whose Job is to Run the City’s Office of Nightlife, To Try to Smooth Over Relations Between Night Spots and Residents LedeTree It’s the City That Never Sleeps. New York, New York. That could be because it’s hard to sleep when the bar …

An electric-scooter rental startup led by a former Uber and Lyft executive that has sparked a legal battle in Santa Monica, California, has landed $15 million in funding to expand across the US. Rob Price | Business Insider Bird is a startup that lets customers rent dockless electric scooters (or …

A California state senator wants to preempt local residential zoning restrictions for areas near major transit hubs or close to bus stops or train stations with an eye toward spurring a major building boom that could stop home prices from climbing so high. Josh Cohen | Next City That California …

The Lede, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 By David Royse Welcome to tomorrow, today. If the news coming out of Stanford University is an indication, it’s going to be a good day. And things are looking up. THE LEDE: CANCER VACCINE: Amazing Bodywide Effects Research can often be falsely hopeful. But …

The Lede, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 By David Royse Good morning. THE LEDE: With 49 of 50 states now reporting widespread flu activity, (Hawaii is safe) researchers are rushing to develop a new universal flu vaccine. The today story from CNBC And the bigger picture, from Nature as we enter the 100th anniversary …

In Norway, smartphone payment app Vipps is being increasingly used by both buskers and beggars, with fewer people now carrying cash. The Local Europe Executives with the company that developed the app are aware of the trend in its use, reports NRK (in Norwegian). “It is a while since we …

Traffic Tech: Phantom traffic jams, in which cars suddenly screech to a dead stop on highways for no apparent reason, have long annoyed drivers. Cruise Control Design Could Change That Matt McFarland | CNN Tech In a paper published this week, MIT researchers offer a solution to help alleviate this stop-and-go …

Cities and close-in suburbs looking to the future see a troubling trend: The millennials who rejuvenated their downtowns over the past decade are growing older and beginning to leave. Katherine Shaver | The Washington Post The oldest are hitting their mid-30s, with many starting to couple up and have children. …

Lyft and driverless car software company nuTonomy actually had riders in autonomous cars this past week in Boston’s Seaport District. David Royse | LedeTree “This follows through on both companies’ commitment to bring nuTonomy self-driving vehicles to the Lyft network in Boston by the end of the year,” Lyft said …

This spring, a new type of bike-share system will hit the streets in Tallahassee and three other cities, aiming to create a better, more affordable, public cycling system. In addition to Tallahassee, the Pace system will also roll-out in Knoxville, Tennessee, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Huntsville, Alabama, in spring of 2018. …

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